Karl A. Bacon
The idea of a Union soldier being taken into a Southern home is not a new one. But placing him in the midst of a family already racked with grief for loved ones lost and hatred toward the enemy that had caused their pain--now, that's the seed for a good story.
The battle of Shiloh provided a good setting for the start of the story, because the people that lived near the battlefield were simple, farming folk, usually with fewer than ten slaves to help them work the ground. The battle itself opened up the reasonable possibility of a mother searching desperately for her son at the end of the first day's fighting.
The battle of Shiloh provided a good setting for the start of the story, because the people that lived near the battlefield were simple, farming folk, usually with fewer than ten slaves to help them work the ground. The battle itself opened up the reasonable possibility of a mother searching desperately for her son at the end of the first day's fighting.
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